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I jot down this irrelevant preamble on December 31, 2020 … Most of the past 364 days have been terribly tough for many, of course, especially travel & tourism folk. Can’t say much more about it than every person and their pet has already said — “Good riddance 2020 … Hope 2021 is better … blah blah […]
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As the “build back better” buzz continues, social impact and communications specialist Helen Usher wants travel & tourism stakeholders to factor animal welfare into their plans. In this “Good Tourism” Insight Ms Usher suggests how we might do just that. This is a time of unprecedented global crisis for the tourism sector; a time we switch […]
Read More Travel & tourism’s social impact and how to build back better for animals
“Asking questions is the best place to start,” Anna Pollock said during the afternoon of the third and final day of the 2020 Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference. And she’s right, of course, yet no-one got the opportunity to ask her any! Ms Pollock may be right about the benefit of questions, but she’s obviously not […]
Read More Regenerative ecotourism: Asking questions is the best place to start
Introductory note by Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund, Work for Wild Life International: The concept of ‘essential workers’ has been front and centre since the COVID-19 virus struck our world earlier this year. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, as well as teachers, grocery store workers, transportation staff and so many others have been working tirelessly to support essential human needs […]
Read More Mahouts matter: The Elephant Conservation Center’s essential workers
Through the COVID-19 pandemic and tourism crisis, hopes rest on contingency “plan B” to sustain the retired logging elephants of Green Hill Valley, Myanmar and the community of people who love them. Hollis Burbank-Hammarlund of Work for Wild Life International knows them well, having led elephant healthcare and welfare workshops at the camp in 2018 and […]
Read More Tourism in crisis: A Myanmar elephant camp & community pivot to plan B
Sustainable tourism is a complex puzzle with lots of moving parts. Toss in regenerative principles and it becomes even more confounding. Fortunately there are those who think deeply about important parts of the puzzle, such as animal welfare consultant Daniel Turner of ANIMONDIAL. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Mr Turner shares how our industry might […]
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